autopsy
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The Greenville County Coroner's Office said crews treated a woman in "cardiac arrest" and her autopsy showed "no signs of trauma", but that the cause of death has not been confirmed.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“At autopsy no signs of trauma were discovered that would have contributed to the death,” the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Among women who had used hormone therapy, 18% showed no signs of Alzheimer's disease at autopsy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her autopsy listed obesity, diabetes, and elevated environmental temperature as possible contributors.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
A paragraph which blandly stated the results of the autopsy appeared in the back of the Hampden Examiner.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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In the other, 2,959 participants underwent autopsies after death, at an average age of 82, so researchers could look for evidence of Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Texas Newsroom obtained autopsies for prisoners named in the litigation, and three of those reports named heat as a contributing factor in the deaths.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
It its statement on Saturday, the Laos Ministry of Public Security said authorities had not been allowed to conduct autopsies in 2024, and therefore "lacked the forensic evidence necessary to determine the cause of death".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
However, officials said they could not establish a definitive toll until autopsies had been completed and the bodies recovered from the fire had been formally identified,.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Two of them made a number of visits but spent more time performing autopsies on dead bodies than ministering to the sick.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Identified tentatively as John or Jane Does, the bodies will be transported to the medical examiner’s offices near downtown Los Angeles to be autopsied, Ukpo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
The bill will not effect how bodies are processed when involved in a criminal case, such as when a body must be autopsied.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Since July 2021, Dr Fortun has autopsied the remains of more than 90 victims, and discovered multiple inconsistencies.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
“Deaths occurring in settings such as hospital inpatient, hospice facility, and nursing home or longterm care were least likely to be autopsied compared with other locations,” the report noted.
From Washington Times ● May 24, 2023
Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Dr. Henry C. Sweany of Chicago, after autopsying 700 patients whose life-long histories he knew, was convinced that in about half of the adults who die of tuberculosis, the childhood infection flared up.
From Time Magazine Archive
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University of Chicago pediatric neurologist Dr. Peter Huttenlocher has chronicled this extraordinary epoch in brain development by autopsying the brains of infants and young children who have died unexpectedly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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